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The Constitution
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100

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

What is the First Amendment?

100

Has 435 members, based on state population

What is the House of Representatives?

100

Judicial Review

What is Marbury v. Madison?

100

Powers specifically listed in the Constitution

What are Enumerated Powers?

100

An organization of people who share a common interest and work together to protect and promote that interest by influencing the government

What is an Interest Group?

200

Quartering of Troops

What is the Third Amendment?

200

Approve presidential appointments, treaties, and try impeachments

What is the Senate?

200

Separate but Equal

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

200

Powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution

What are Implied Powers?

200

A grant from a central government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services

What is a Block grant?

300
Woman Suffrage
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
300
The power of congress to remove the president from office
What is impeachment?
300
Wartime Porwers
What is Korematsu v. US?
300
A system created to prevent one part of government from gaining too much power
What are Checks and Balances?
300
Type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
What is a Political Action Committee(PAC)?
400

Direct election of Senators

What is the Seventeenth Amendment?

400

Delays a vote in the Senate, can be stopped by a vote of cloture

What is a Filibuster?

400

Executive Privilege

What is US v. Nixon?

400

A power given to the president to keep congress in check

What is a veto?

400

The appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district

What is pork barrel legislation?

500

Prohibited Poll Taxes

What is the Twenty-fourth Amendment?

500

Selects the president if there is a tie

What is the House of Representatives?

500

Search Warrants

What is Mapp v. Ohio

500

Grants Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

What is Elastic Clause?

500

The practice of exchanging favors

What is Logrolling?